Legendary Xinjiang (Charming Xinjiang Series) (English Edition)
Publisher: China Intercontinental Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Beijing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9787508528472
Description: 111. This book invites readers to the world of traditional epic poetry, folk songs, dances and crafts in the form of cultural essays from the first-person perspective. Through the smooth flow of words, readers could feel as if touching the characteristic art in Xinjiang personally.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Titlepage; Contents; Insert; Foreword; Preface; Legend of Epics; Manas: The Epic Legend of the Grassland Ethnic Group; Aites: An Event for Nightingales on the Grassland; Sixty-two Kuoner: Living Fossil on the Grassland; Jangar: A Song on the Grassland and a Poem on the Horse; Legend of Dance and Music; Muqam: A Homeland on Strings; Mashrap: The Collective Carnival of the Uygurs; Nazirkom: Mimicking Dance Blooming; Legend of Handicraft; Clank: Soul of Muqam; Tobshur: Singing with the Grassland; Balman: Greening the Regions Around Mt. Tianshan; Kumuz: The Beautiful Mouth of the Grassland.; title: Dap: The Spiritual Crusty Pancake of the UygursEarth Pottery: A Memory of Thousand Years of the Western Regions; Saddle: The Heroic Ideal of Galloping on the Grassland; Koxuk: A Wooden Spoon That Can Sing; Karez: A Cool Underground World; Samawa: Pouring Out Fragrant Tea; Mongolian Yurt: A Moving Palace on the Grassland; Leather Weaving: The Romantic Life of the Kazakhs; Mother Xili: Recording the Xibe Family; Copyright.